Stephen Fesler
Stephen is a professional urban planner in Puget Sound with a passion for sustainable, livable, and diverse cities. He is especially interested in how policies, regulations, and programs can promote positive outcomes for communities. With stints in great cities like Bellingham and Cork, Stephen currently lives in Seattle. He primarily covers land use and transportation issues and has been with The Urbanist since 2014.
The critical window for light rail vehicle (LRV) burn-in and testing is still tight for Sound Transit's Northgate Link extension. Any further loss of...
Anti-discrimination policy: The Biden administration's housing department is barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination practices in the housing market.
Good, not great: Streetsblog says House Congressional support for...
https://youtu.be/2z7o3sRxA5g
Vox examines how building more highways just leads to more congestion rather than solving any particular transportation problem.
https://youtu.be/b7OYLGiIJyc
This month, Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda was the guest speaker at The Urbanist’s meetup. You can rewatch her discussion here.
Despite the pandemic-induced decline in parking demand at regional transit facilities, Sound Transit is still expanding parking and developing new tools to manage it....
https://vimeo.com/504477662
It this short video, TransitCenter highlights the inequity of America’s public transportation systems both in term of social and environmental justice. TransitCenter argues that...
Land use reform in Snohomish County could bring increased lot coverage to multifamily and commercial zones in unincorporated urban growth areas. Increasing the development...
With the arrival of the revamped and expanded KeyArena as Climate Pledge Arena later this year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has proposed...